Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-25

k0Se0 his officers the oillc0 ~ lss their col.
diers the car kisses his family, rstinue,
parade, the ssutinels q the p Lsce gates, and
Q select party Of private sole olctierr-probably
elaborateiy prepared for this "royai aluta"
In other parts the poorest se rfs, meeting .
"Chris. is risen,o and he will receive Kiss
and the reply, I" He 10 riseli, trily."
In Finland, according to Rayard Taylor,
the women resent - an insult . salute upon
the lipa A Finish mstron, nearing Of our
English custom Of kissing, declared that did
her husband attempt such Q alihertv che would
treat him with such . box upon the ears that
he should not readily forget.
AGAINST HER WILL.
In lceland, illegitimate and Illicit kissing
had deterrent penalties Of great severity. Fur
kissing another mans wife, with or without
her consent the punishment OF exclusion or
Its pecuniary equivalent was awarded. A
man rendered himself liable Tor kissing au
unmarried woman under legal guardianship
without her consent (; aud, even II the lady
should be wiped on. by y fine Of three marks,
equivalent TO lao ellis Of wsdlnAi, . quantity,
We are told, sufficient to furnish = whole
ships crew with pilot Jscketa Truly such
kisses were expensive luxurieA The code OF
Justinian aays "that II . man betrothed
woman by the kiss, and either party died be-
fore marriage, the heirs were entitled to hal {
the donations, aud the survivor u the other
half but II the contract WAS made without
the solemn kiss the whole OF the espousal
giits must be restored to the donors and their
heirs-at-law."
Kissing In many religions has played its
rart ss . marx OF alteration or vsneratiou. In
Hosea, xiii, 2 speaking OF idolstry, We tnd the
sentence "Let the men that sacrihce kiss the
| calves" Again, the discontented prophet 10
told that even In idolatrous Israel there are
1000 knees which have not bowed 70 baa',
land every mouth which hath not kiased
D kfsr,tt Tt,A N.AA at. xA-~sss
pilgrimage to Mecca kiss the sacred black
stone and the four corners OF the kaabA The
Romish prieet kisses the aspergillum, and
Palm Sunday the palm. Kissing the pope's
Leoe, who had mutilated his right hand and
was too vain to expose the stump
Kisses have toen the reward OF genutA -
when Voltaire was publicly kissed In the
stage box by the young and lovely Duchess
de Niliars who wss ordered BY an enthusis:,
| In politics they have been used - brides, -
| In the famous Estanswill election OF the
"Pickwick Paper.,' and also In . still more
famous election. For, when tox wss contest
beautiful duchess OF Devonshire offered 4
kiss all who voted for the great stateeman
| And fully rs famous, and perhaps 10 . bette
cause, was the sel!.denying patriotism OF th
beautiful lady Gordon, who, when the rank
Of the Scottish regiments had hesa sadl!
thinned BY cruel Bsds;oS end Salamanca
turned recruiting sergeant, and 70 tempt tn
gallant lsds placed the recruiting shillipg Il
her lips, from whence who would might TAX
1t with his own,
Kisses In oar day have their penalties
they should be too rudely poached. In th
eyes Of the Law, kissing lady without be
| will and permission - . common asnaul'
punishable by fine and imprisonment an
It 10 no uncommon thing to seo In the dali
police reports cases where . too susceptibl
| gentleman has had to pay dearly for crush
| ing the ripe cherries " OF . lady's lips,
There was once jovial vicar Who was sue
glutton for kisses that when he obtaine
| the wished.for kiss, far from satisfied,
asked for . score and
A thousand TO that hundred so kiss on
To me make that thousand up million
Treble that million, aud when that ts done,
, Let's kiss afresh. as whom We hrst begun.
) The Rev. John Brown Of Hsddinstop, Il
. | we'll. known author Of the " Sell lntsrpretiE
1 Bible" had Courtsd the afterwsrd Nj
{ Brown for six and . half years before the {,
/. lowing conversation took place
10 "Jsnet we've bin acquainted now q
, year sn' msir, an I've ne'er gotten kiss 3
b Dye think might take one, my bonr
d | lass ?"
u "Jus. Is you like, John, only 10 beconi
e | an proper WI it,
. "Sursly, Janet we'll ask . bleesing'r'
b The blessing wss asked and the kiss take
q and the unusual delight took away his bres
1t - he exclaimed
. "Hsigh, lass, but It's guide Moo let ua
z turn thanks !" and In ak months they We
5 married.
J. With this snecdote We will close, or I
Q prover bially gentle reader VIII have lost
;. patience and will pronounce anything bu'
| blessing upon our efforts, tor Kisses up
| paper are but hollow mockefy.